anderson cooper and miss kathy griffin. >> that wasn't kathy griffin on the pole. that was a backup dancer. >> kathy griffin lee. have we corrected this? >> also -- >> i did talk to lil wayne. >> okay. >> see, see -- >> what? >> you're about to talk about the pole? >> there was a woman upside down grinding on a pole behind him that we had to blur out part of the pole, the whole thing was ridiculous. we decided -- >> it turns out i'm really the angel one on cnn. i'm really the one you can count on to be classy. >> that's right, yes, you keep it classy. >> i think if this is an indication of how this 2012 nears it will be an interesting one. ringing in 2013 with you two, i can't wait. i'll be in new orleans. i'll see you two there. and everyone else. see you guys on new year's eve. >> thanks, brooke. >> see you there. >> anderson and kathy will be live from new york and brooke will be live in new orleans, for the countdown to 2013 starting 10:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. >>> i'm don lemon. brooke is off today. the time is now for that last ditch effort to avert the f